With its 300 million active listings at any given second, odds are you’ve probably bought or sold something on eBay. But did you know that eBay Inc. is comprised of over 30 businesses (including PayPal which facilitated over $145 billion in payments last year) and employs over 30,000 people? More: …
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How Many People Receive Food Stamps In Union CityPatch.comThat month, the state distributed $643 million in food stamp benefits to 1.89 million households. Contra Costa County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff says food stamps are a vital benefit that should be one of the last government programs to be cut. She said …
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Royal Mail Hotel honoured in the Fine Wine Partners/Gourmet Traveller …e-Travel Blackboard (press release)The Royal Mail Hotel Dunkeld was awarded a Three Glass Rating and entered into the Fine Wine Partners/Gourmet Traveller Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held at the Hilton …
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Stamps.com reports 2Q profit, raises 2013 forecastNBCNews.comEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Stamps.com said Wednesday that its second-quarter net income jumped 45 percent on stronger revenue. The online postage provider raised its full-year earnings outlook based on the better-than-expected results. Shares of the …Stamps.com 2nd-Quarter Profit Up 45%, Raises Full-Year Earnings ViewWall Street …
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Royal Mail shake up to boost jobs in townMarket Rasen MailThe Royal Mail has announced it is changing delivery methods and routes in the LN8 postcode area – Market Rasen and surrounding villages – over the coming weeks. It means 17 part-time and temporary staff at the Market Rasen delivery …
Read More »Berkeley protesters camp on post office steps – Inside Bay Area
Berkeley protesters camp on post office stepsInside Bay AreaBERKELEY — It was 7 a.m. July 30 at the downtown post office. A half-dozen tents were lined up on the steps, as they had been since the evening of July 27. Among the banners strung between the pillars was "Welcome, the …
Read More »Editorial: Food stamp cuts hurt the weakest – Tampabay.com (blog)
Tampabay.com (blog) Editorial: Food stamp cuts hurt the weakestTampabay.com (blog)Food stamps have long been part of an omnibus farm bill, the cost of earning urban support for farm subsidies to rural states. But the House stripped food stamps from the legislation it passed in July, and Republicans vowed to take …
Read More »Iowa City Post Office to move to smaller location
The Iowa City Post Office is set to move to a smaller, cheaper, but undetermined location. More: continued here
Read More »Britain’s centuries-old Royal Mail eyes end of state control – Reuters UK
Shields Gazette Britain's centuries-old Royal Mail eyes end of state controlReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) – After three aborted privatisation attempts in 19 years, Britain's Royal Mail postal service looks closer than ever to a sale that would end almost five centuries of ties to the state. But the centre-right coalition government …
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